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― Never Enough
― Never Enough
“Following the pattern of other African groups, they explained they were the BaKongo people and called their language KiKongo. Inland, they said, was the capital of their tribe, MbanzaKongo, where there lived a powerful leader or king, the ManiKongo.”
― Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country
― Blood River: The Terrifying Journey through the World's Most Dangerous Country
“Before the Spanish invasion in 1524 and independence from Spain in 1821, no nation called Guatemala existed.”
― The Guatemala Reader: History, Culture, Politics
― The Guatemala Reader: History, Culture, Politics
“You appreciate that?” Skilling glanced up, looking around at the others with him in the room. He wanted the last word. “Asshole.” Palmer almost fell over. Did he hear that right? Enron’s chief executive had just called someone an asshole? On an open line? On an analysts’ call? He jumped out of his chair. He needed to get upstairs.”
― Conspiracy of Fools
― Conspiracy of Fools
“trumpeting the quarter’s performance. After that came the question period. It started predictably enough, with requests for information about run-of-the-mill operating matters. Then the operator called on the next questioner. “Richard Grubman, of Highfield Capital.” As Skilling stared at the speakerphone, Mark Koenig, the investor-relations chief, began scrawling a note. Grubman asked what the balances of assets and liabilities were in the trading business”
― Conspiracy of Fools
― Conspiracy of Fools
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